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the shogun was the most powerful person in china, he had the most power then the emperor, and A shogun took control, reducing the emperor to a figurehead

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Siberian Merchants in Early Modern Russia

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Guest: Erika Monahan is an Associate professor in History at the University of New Mexico. She specializes in commerce, corruption, and empire in early modern Eurasia. She's the author of The Merchants of Siberia: Trade in Early Modern Russia published by Cornell University Press. Music: Tom Waits, "All the World is Green," Blood Money, 2002.

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Peasants farmed and fished for food in feudal japan, and even though there was no way to move out of their class, and they made the least money, they were respected by everyone for making their food.

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Peasants-Were relied on by uper class members to get food for them

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Samurai were placed as the third level on the society pyramid. They served their masters as a military force and protected their land. The samurai also protected the common people from bandits.

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The samurai were a part of the military for japan.

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Peasants- were the higher of the lower class because they had protection from the samurai's and the rest of the high classes because they provided them food.

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samurai: Samurai protected peasants and followed the daimyo and shoguns instructions.

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Peasants: In the ancient Japanese society peasants had fished and produced food for the other Japanese levels of society in Japan. Peasants were also on the top of the lower class in the Japanese society right above merchants and artisans who were at the bottom of the social pyramid.

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The samurai were sometimes the army of the daimyo .

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The merchant was the lowest class on the Japanese society pyramid with the artisans. The merchant role was to sell thing things that the artisans made . They don't produce any goods themselves. They also provided food for the samurais. These are the main things of what the Samurai do in the Japanese society.

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Samurai: They protected the peasants. They Served and Honored the daimyo.

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The emperor did not have the actual power the shogun did.And the emperor controlled all of japan

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The shogun ran the government on the emperors behalf while being supported by the lower classes. The shogun also ran the military, the shogun is translated to military commander, he is the highest and most powerful military general in feudal Japan and the highest ranking member of the warrior class.

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Samurai: Samurai were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan. In Japanese, they are usually referred to as bushi or buke. They were japans warriors

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The emperor was at the top of the pyramid. Although, the empire was an important part of Japan, they did not have the actual power.

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Daimyo:  Common people relied on them for protection and order. They controlled large areas of land and supported the shoguns and military.

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The merchants were at the bottom of the pyramid under the peasants and the artisans, they sold things that the artisans created, they did not produce any goods themselves that would contribute to the society.

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The merchants where considered the lowest class in fedual Japan,because they did not produce anything .They could not contribute to society.They provided spices from India ,gold from Africa and slik from China and also provided swords for the samurai.

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Artisans: Supply swords to the samurais. Supply art to peasants.

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Peasants: Peasants farmed, fished, and provided food to literally everyone. Farmers worked on field that were mostly owned by daimyos. Fisherman were the same way. What little pay they received most of it went to the daimyo and sometimes couldn't afford to eat.

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Merchants were on the bottom of the pyramid. Merchants provided food and other supplies. They provide the peasant with food and the samurai with weapons like swords.

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Artisans: They were 4th class people. These were the men and women that manufactured all of the necessities fitted to all the classes members such as equipment, furniture, clothing, and the advanced ones crafted weapons.

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The daimyo were a social class that had a lot of power. They supported the peasants and artisans by protecting them. Because of this, the people often sworeallegiance to the  daimyo rather than the emperor. The Shogun was typically the most powerful daimyo, and had a lot of the real power.

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Peasants: They did stuff for the uppper classes.

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Samurai: Samurai were servants of the people they protected farm land and people. Samurai means those who serve

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samurai: The samurai protected the peasants as a public service. They were also used as a private army for daimyos.